Saturday, February 28, 2009

Priceless!

Goodbye Peyton and Lucas (or - "FINALLY!")

It looks like Chad Michael Murray might not be the only longtimer bidding adieu to One Tree Hill come Season 7.
Not long after the CW announced another pick-up for the serial, The Chad's leading lady, Hilarie Burton, issued what for all intents and purposes is a goodbye message to her fans.
All but confirming an online report that she, like Murray, won't be continuing her run, Burton says in a video posted to her Wilmington, North Carolina-based production company's website, "I want to clear up one thing that's very important to me. I want everyone to know how much I love Peyton Sawyer, and my crew.... I don't want anyone to think I'm abandoning a place that's been very good to me."

Source: TVGuide.com
Full article: http://www.tvguide.com/News/Tree-Hill-Burton-1003464.aspx

Friday, February 27, 2009

Sam Jackson IS Nick Fury!

Jackson's deal is a long-term commitment to play Fury, the leader of the espionage unit the Shield. His deal contains an option to play the character in nine future Marvel superhero films, efforts that are expected to include "Captain America," "Thor," "The Avengers" and "The Shield" as well as potential sequels.

Source: Variety.com
Full article: http://www.variety.com/VR1118000573.html

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Spider-Man... Spider-Man... sings just like... a spider can?

NEW YORK (AP) -- Spider-Man has conquered the movies. Now it's Broadway's turn.

"Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark" will open Feb. 18, 2010, at the Hilton Theatre. Preview performances begin Jan. 16.

Group tickets now on sale. Single tickets will go on sale June, 2009. For more information about group tickets, visit the "Spider-Man" website at www.SpidermanOnBroadway.com or by calling 1-800-Broadway.

Sources: The Associated Press, MSN.com, marvel.com
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http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.7014.First_Look~colon~_Spider-Man_2010_Broadway_Musical

Friday, February 20, 2009

Will the real "Prawo Jazdy" please stand up

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish police have solved the mystery of a Polish recidivist who clocked up 50 traffic offences on different addresses and who was never caught, after one officer noticed his name meant driving licence in Polish.

An internal police memo cited by Irish papers on Thursday said officers taking details of Polish traffic offenders had been mistakenly using "Prawo Jazdy," printed in the top right corner of the driving licence, as the holder's name.

"Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and surname on the licence," the police memo dated June 2007 said. "It is quite embarrassing to see the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over 50 identities."

A police spokesman declined to comment on the reports.

About 200,000 Polish people flocked to Ireland during the boom years of its "Celtic Tiger" economy but a poll in November indicated a third of them planned to leave due to recession.

(Reporting by Andras Gergely; Editing by Carmel Crimmins and Peter Millership)

Sources: Reuters, Yahoo News
Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090219/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_ireland_police_polish

Rick Santelli

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Marvel spoofs Christian Bale...

... with M.O.D.O.K., A.I.M. scientist and the Incredible Hulk to promote their new web series.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Teleportation: Just a blink away

According to the Web site LiveScience, the university's Joint Quantum Institute for the first time was able to teleport information between two separate atoms across a distance of a meter -- about one step for an adult.

Source: MSN, Cnet
Full article: http://tech.msn.com/news/articlecnet.aspx?cp-documentid=17532530&GT1=40000

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The greatest Valentine's gift... EVER!!!

from: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/interactive/a090/?cpg=cj

Staying healthy is the key to keeping yourself alive. Video game characters know this all too well. When your red heart gauge reaches zero... you die. For non-bitmap humans like you this is more of a challenge. But luckily after extensive study at ThinkGeek labs we've determined that people feel best when they are in close proximity to something that they adore. Don't understand? Well luckily for you we've created this amazing 8-Bit Dynamic Life Shirt to illustrate.
Buy one of these glowing shirts for yourself, and gift one to your significant other (boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, fembot 2000...). During your normal activities two and a half pixelated hearts will light up on your shirt. Hey... you're depressed and in need of a recharge. But get within hugging distance of your significant other wearing the matching shirt and suddenly the hearts on both of your shirts start to light up until you're fully powered up. Go too far astray from the source of your affections and you'll drop back down to two and a half hearts again. Got it?

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Michael Cera Flips OUT!

(obviously an homage to Christian Bale's famous flip out on the set of Terminator)

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Joe's favorite Super Bowl commercial

Joe, ever faithful Nerd Corner subscriber, said this was his favorite commercial during this year's Super Bowl... pretty funny!

Monday, February 2, 2009

Dr. Horrible 2?!?

"There is talk about a Dr. Horrible sequel," Nathan Fillion said in a group interview last week in Universal City, Calif., where he was promoting his upcoming ABC series Castle. "It's actually in one of the songs on the Dr. Horrible DVD commentary music." The recently released home-video version of Dr. Horrible featured a musical commentary track.



http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/nathan-fillion-lays-the-hammer-down-about-a-dr-horrible-sequel.php

hopeful's favorite Super Bowl Commercial

This was, hands down, my favorite commercial of this year's Super Bowl. Something about punching koalas in the face...
What was your favorite commercial this year?


I invite the other Nerd Corner bloggers to find their favorite commercials of this year's Super Bowl and post them as a blog.

Sunday, February 1, 2009